Iran helped end Iraq fighting: Iraq party adviser
4 Apr 2008
Summary: Abdelaziz HakimTEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran helped end last week’s fighting between Iraqi government troops and a Shi’ite militia in Iraq’s oil-rich south, an adviser to a leading Iraqi Shi’ite politician was quoted as saying on Friday. source: Reutersread more

Iran’s Nuclear Program: Path To Negotiations
3 Apr 2008
Summary: The international dimensions of Iran’s nuclear standoff represent a ripe topic for inquiry not only about Iran but also about the non-proliferation regime and even the United Nations, in light of the UN Security Council’s impositions of sanctions on Iran that carry significant ramifications for the future of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the twin subjects of disarmament and non-proliferation. source: Payvandread more

Will US engage with Iran on Iraq?s future?
3 Apr 2008
Summary: Analysts say US appears stuck in rut trying to isolate pivotal player Iran instead of engaging with it. source: Middle East Onlineread more

Iran Slams Bush’s Hostile Claims
3 Apr 2008
Summary: HosseiniTEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini on Wednesday blasted US President George W. Bush’s “antagonistic” claims on Iran’s missile capabilities. source: Fars News Agency read more

Rectification: “Russian Intelligence Sees U.S. Military Buildup on Iran Border”
3 Apr 2008
Summary: ChossudovskyThe internet has been quoting an article entitled “Russian Intelligence Sees U.S. Military Buildup on Iran Border” published by RIA Novosti allegedly on March 27, 2008. The date of this article is mistaken. Information Clearing House posted it on March 29, 2008. The original date of publication by Ria Novosti is March 27, 2007. source: Global Researchread more

AP’s shoddy, unethical, and substandard reporting
3 Apr 2008
Summary: After reading your headlined story titled ‘Nuclear watchdog gets China’s Iran intel’, it is unfortunate to see that Associated Press and its infamous writer Mr. George Jahn would peddle yet another piece of unsubstantiated, poorly sourced, and non-investigated material as ‘news’ much to detriment of what was once prized and cherished as ‘journalistic ethics’. source: CASMIIread more

China denies report of passing Iranian nuclear attempt information to IAEA
3 Apr 2008
Summary: BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua)—A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Thursday denied reports that China had provided intelligence on Iran’s attempt to develop nuclear weapons to the International Atomic Energy Agency, saying the report was fabricated and born out of ulterior motives. source: Window of Chinaread more

Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border
2 Apr 2008
Summary: USS Dwight D. EisenhowerRussian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran’s borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday. “The latest military intelligence data point to heightened U.S. military preparations for both an air and ground operation against Iran,” the official said, adding that the Pentagon has probably not yet made a final decision as to when an attack will be launched. source: RIA Novostiread more

Iran torpedoes US plans for Iraqi oil
2 Apr 2008
Summary: Out of the dramatic developments of the past week, several questions arise, the principal being that the Bush administration’s triumphalism over the so-called Iraq “surge” strategy has become irredeemably farcical, and, two, US doublespeak has become badly exposed. What stands out is that Washington promoted the latest round of violence in Basra, whereas Iran cried halt to it. The awesome influence of Tehran has become all too apparent. How does Bush come to terms with it? source: Asia Times Onlineread more

?Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran?
2 Apr 2008
Summary: There can be no doubt that the fundamentalist rulers of the US ? who care very little for the logic of others ? have upped the ante. source: Mail & Guardian onlineread more

Bankrupt and Audacious
1 Apr 2008
Summary: How can a morally bankrupt nation induce the world to punish a law-abiding state and by so doing, violate not only international law, that of the nonproliferation treaty (NPT), but the Geneva Conventions? Sanctions are warfare. It cost Iraq over half a million innocent lives, a genocide, in preparation for the ?shock and awe? that was to come. source: CASMIIread more

Iran sees hope in war of words
1 Apr 2008
Summary: You know something is amiss when Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Hayden defends the recent US intelligence finding on Iran … source: Asia Timesread more

Delusionary, Dancing Bush
1 Apr 2008
Summary: Events of the last week offer a metaphorical glimpse at the delusion pervading President George W. Bush?s White House and other enclaves of Iraq War supporters in Washington. source: consortiumnews.comread more

Iran Brokers Call for Ceasefire; Bush reduced to Irrelevancy in Iraq; Fighting Continues
31 Mar 2008
Summary: McClatchy provides a lot of important detail about Sunday's surprising developments regarding the fight between the Iraqi government and the Mahdi Army. A parliamentary delegation from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's own coalition (mainly now the Da`wa Party and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq) defied him by going off to the holy seminary city of Qom in Iran and negotiating directly with Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr and with the leader of the Quds Brigades of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Brig. source: juancole.comread more

Letter to UN Secretary General on the three Persian Gulf islands
31 Mar 2008
Summary: Undoubtedly the letter of 17 March 2008 to UN Security Council (UN- S/2008/179) by the League of the Arab Nations invoking article 54 of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter pursuant to the United Arab Emirates? territorial ambitions towards Iranian islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf is the best example of attempt to exploit the dangerous precedence set by the United States of America in forcing the UNSC to pass resolutions against Iran on false pretences. source: CASMIIread more

U.S. Government?s financial war against Iran?s banking system
31 Mar 2008
Summary: Iran’s Central BankEconomic and financial analyst John McGlynn discusses the U.S. Government?s financial war against Iran?s banking system, the system of blackmail of banks around the world if they don?t fall in line, the example set when Treasury?s FinCen went after a Macau bank for dealing with North Korea in 2005, China?s role and the likely humanitarian consequences for the people of Iran. source: antiwar.comread more

We the People Warn The Time for America’s War with Iran Has Arrived
31 Mar 2008
Summary: Ron PaulA recent Financial Attack by the US May Precede the Deploying of United States Armed Forces against the People of Iran. Bush administration Mouthpiece and Cheney have replied “So?” A Recommendation for Individual Citizens to take action and how the Presidency can be Won to Enact Ron Paul’s Idea of a Non-Interventionalist Foreign Policy source: Nolan Chartread more

Russians, Saudis Expect U.S. Attack On Iran
31 Mar 2008
Summary: According to Novosti, Russian Colonel General Leonid Ivashov said “that the Pentagon is planning to deliver a massive air strike on Iran?s military … source: vdare.comread more

Taheri: Reporting for Destruction
31 Mar 2008
Summary: Israel wants a military attack on Iran. Murdoch?s paper is providing a platform for Amir Taheri to spin his lies. Why does the owner of Fox News so enamored with Taheri? Foremost, because Taheri excels at propagating misinformation and Murdoch picked him at an auction of sorts. source: CASMIIread more

Bush and McCain’s shared foreign policy approach
31 Mar 2008
Summary: [McCain's] whole career, his life, his training, his family background has been to be a member of . . . the Imperial Class; [he's] motivated by an inspiring trust of America's governance of the world; [and] he would be the most imperial-oriented President, most militaristic President, since Teddy Roosevelt, at least. source: Salon.comread more

Iranians help reach Iraq cease-fire
31 Mar 2008
Summary: BAGHDAD ? Iranian officials helped broker a cease-fire agreement Sunday between Iraq’s government and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, according to Iraqi lawmakers. source: USA Todayread more

Iraq Crisis Threatens Bush-Petraeus “Surge” Strategy As Bankrupt
30 Mar 2008
Summary: Central to the Bush-Petraeus Iraq strategy is to pacify and confuse American public opinion during the 2008 elections, an approach Gen. Petraeus calls “slowing down the American clock” to gain time for the counterinsurgency to continue. This week’s events in Basra suggest that US strategy is collapsing amidst its own contradictions. source: Hoffington Postread more

Iran urges end to Iraq fighting, says helps US
30 Mar 2008
Summary: Maliki & SadrIran called on Saturday for an end to fighting between Iraqi government forces and Shi’ite Muslim militants to remove any “pretext” for U.S. troops to stay in Iraq. source: Reutersread more

Gaddafi says Arabs should not alienate Iran
30 Mar 2008
Summary: DAMASCUS, March 29 (Reuters) – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi urged fellow Arab leaders on Saturday to improve ties with non-Arab Iran, saying it was not in their interest to antagonise the Islamic republic. source: Reutersread more

Israel sees dwindling chance of US strike on Iran, despite nuclear ‘smoking gun’
29 Mar 2008
Summary: Although the US and Israel believe they have found a “smoking gun” in Iran’s enrichment of uranium, the chances of a unilateral US strike are seen as “remote,” according to JTA news service. source: Global Researchread more